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Reclaim the UN from corporate capture! Send a letter to the UN Secretary General today.
Friends of the Earth U.S. has today united with the many organizations that form our Friends of the Earth International Federation in order to send a strong message to the United Nations (UN) Secreta…
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NPR’s Bluefin tuna story leaves a bad taste
Yesterday National Public Radio ran a story asserting that cesium-137 from the Fukushima nuclear accident found in Bluefish tuna on the west coast of the U.S. is harmless. The Fukushima nuclear accide…
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Feds finance coal export
Washington D.C. — The Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank, a federal government trade promotion agency, voted to provide $90 million in financing to the top U.S. coal exporter, Xcoal Ener…
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Are nanoparticles unknowingly part of your Memorial Day plans?
This begs a further question: what happens when nanoparticles are released into the environment, and how will they be recycled? Nano-silver has been shown to be toxic to fish and other organisms in so…
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Support builds for the End Polluter Welfare Act
The public has reached a strong verdict on the billions of dollars of subsidies that our government hands annually to fossil fuel corporations making historic profits: end them. According to one rec…
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Statement on announced resignation of Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica had the following statement in response to the announced resignation of Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission…
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Friends of the Earth releases new ad: San Onofre ‘a disaster waiting to happen’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth has released a new video ad warning that restarting the crippled San Onof…
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Enbridge confirms plans to build New England tar sands pipeline, announces massive pipeline expansion
Yesterday evening, Canadian pipeline company Enbridge kicked off one of the most sweeping expansions in its history, a $3.2 billion (Canadian) series of pipeline projects that would carry some of the…
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Synthetic Biology – Big promises backed by bad theory
Synthetic biology is the newest purported cure-all technology for remedying our social, environmental, and public health ills. As many prominent synthetic biologists proclaimed in 2007, the world “f…
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New study shows dangers of E15 for engines
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Coordinating Research Council released a study demonstrating the negative effects that blends of 15 and 20 percent ethanol in gasoline, E15 and E20, would have on the…